In which the Curmudgeons commune with their once-and-forever inner 16-year-olds to celebrate the most important cultural shift of our lives. And indeed, that shift happened when both of us were 16 years old. The fall of 1991 unleashed pure magic into our lives when Nirvana's Nevermind, Pearl Jam's Ten and Soundgarden's Badmotorfinger hit record shelves (remember those?). Grunge became a THING in the months that followed. We revisit all three of these albums plus a lot of other great, underappreciated grunge and grunge-adjacent music released by Mudhoney, the Melvins, Dinosaur Jr. and others. Perhaps our most moving episode ever (at least for Curmudgeon Chris it was).
Listen to all the amazing grunge and grunge-ish music of 1991 by accessing our special Spotify playlist:
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Here's a handy navigation companion to this episode:
(00:52 - 02:41) - Arturo Andrade sets the parameters for oursdiscussion of the grunge explosion of 1991
(02:49 - 15:57) - The Parallel Universe, featuring reviews of new albums from indi cult heroes Kelly Stoltz and Low Cut Connie
(19:15 - 01:02:09) - We remember the context of how grunge changed the way we experienced music back in the fall of 1991. And we discuss a string of Seattle grunge albums, including those from Nirvana, Pearl Jam and Soundgarden.
(01:01:47 - 01:32:53) - WE discuss albums from Screaming Tress and from a non-Seattle contingency that includes Dinosaur Jr., The Jesus Lizard, Dinosaur Jr., Sebadoh, Smashing Pumkins and The Pixies
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Co-written and co-produced by Arturo Andrade and Christopher O'Connor - The Curmudgeons
